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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Bonn in 1770, Beethoven was drilled as a prodigy by his father before finding steadier ground with teacher Christian Gottlob Neefe and the von Breuning family. At 21 he moved to Vienna to study with Haydn, built a reputation as a virtuoso pianist, and by 1795 had published his first opus-numbered works. His career unfolded in three phases: early works in the classical mold of Haydn and Mozart, a middle period from 1802 to 1812 that produced the Eroica and Fifth Symphonies at unprecedented scale, and a late stretch of radical invention — the choral Ninth Symphony in 1824, the Hammerklavier, the Diabelli Variations, and string quartets that remain pinnacles of the form. He began losing his hearing around 1798 and died bedridden in Vienna in 1827, aged 56.